noun
a set or collection of tools, supplies, instructional matter, etc., for a specific purpose:
a first-aid kit; a sales kit.
the case for containing these.
such a case and its contents.
a set of materials or parts from which something can be assembled:
a model car made from a kit.
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verb (used with object), kit·ted, kit·ting.
to package or make available in a kit:
a new model airplane that has just been kitted for the hobbyist.
Chiefly British. to outfit or equip (often followed by out or up).
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IDIOMS ABOUT KIT
kit and caboodle / boodle, Informal. the whole lot of persons or things; all of something (often preceded by whole):
We took along the whole kit and caboodle in the station wagon.
ORIGIN OF KIT1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English kit(te), kyt(t) “wooden bucket or tub,” from Middle Dutch kitte “jug, tankard”
WORDS NEARBY KIT
Kistna, kistvaen, Kisumu, kiswah, Kiswahili, kit, Kitagawa Utamaro, Kitaj, Kitakyushu, kit and caboodle, Kitasato
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR KIT (2 OF 4)
kit
2
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noun
a violin or rebec small enough to be carried in the pocket, used by dancing masters in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Also called pochette, sourdine.
ORIGIN OF KIT2
First recorded in 1510–20; origin uncertain
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR KIT (3 OF 4)
kit
3
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noun
kitten.
a young fox, beaver, or other small furbearing animal.
ORIGIN OF KIT3
First recorded in 1555–65; shortening of kitten
OTHER DEFINITIONS FOR KIT (4 OF 4)
Kit
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noun
a male given name, form of Christopher.
a female given name, form of Catherine or Katherine.
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WORDS RELATED TO KIT
bag, material, container, gear, apparatus, set, impedimenta, selection, rig, paraphernalia, things, supplies, trappings, stock, collection, outfit, effects, tackle, assortment, satchel
